Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-11-10
iConfinued Tomorrow
SOME STRANGE ANTI7dTHlES.



tration-a Dog at a Fast
1t seems absolutely Incredible that Peter
the Great the father II the Russian navy,
should shudder at the sight Of water.
whether running or still. yet - ii was,
especially wien alone. His palace gar
dens beautiful as they were. he never
entered. l.. cause the river Mu~era flowed
through them. His coachnian had or
ders to avoid all roads which led past
streams, and if compelled to pass brook
or bridge the great emperor would sit
with closed windows in a cold persplra
ton Another monarch, james |. the
English Solomon. as he liked to he called.
had many antipathits. chiefly tobacco,
ling and FORK He never overcame his
inability to look with composure at Il
drawn sword and it Is said that on one
occasion, when giging the accolade, the
king turned his face aside, nearly woUnd-
ing the new made knight.
Henry III, Of France, had 50 great a
dislike to cats that he tainted at the SIGHT
. Of one. We suppose that in this case
the cat had to waive lis proverbial pre-
rogative and could not look at king.
This will seem as absurd as extraordinary
to lady lovers of that much petted ami
NAL; but what are We to say of the
Countess Of Lamhallc, Of unhappy his
tory. to whom a violet was : thin, Of
horror? Even this is not without its
precedent, for it is on record that in
cent, the PAINTER, was seized with vertigo
and swooned at the smell OF roses. Seal
ger states that one of his relations was
made i'll at the sight of lily, and he
himself would turn pale at the sight If
water crosses and could never drink milk
Charles Kingsley naturalist as he was to
the core, had great horror Of SPIDERS
and in 'Glaucus, after saving that
every one seems to have his antipathic
animal, continues: II know one thim-
self bred from his childhood to zoology
by land and sea, and bold in asserting
and honest in feeling that all without ex-
ception is beautiful, who yet cannot,
after handling and petting and examin-
ing, all day long, every uncouth and
venomous beast, avoid paroxysm Of
horror at the sight Of the common house
spider" The writer shares in this dis
like to painful extent; in this case it is
inherited from his grandfather. The
genial author Of the Turkish Spy" says
that he would far prefer. sword in hatd
to face hon in his desert lair tltan lave
a spider crawl over him in the dark
The cat, as we have previously mon
toned. has repeatedly been an object of
aversion. The Duke of Shombcrg
though a re,loubtable soldier, would not
sit in the same room with a cat.
courier of the Emperor Ferdinand carried
this dislike 50 far as to bleed at the nose
on hearing a cat new. \ well known
officer Of her maJesty's army. who has
proved his strength and courage in more
than one campaign, turns pale at th.
sight of a cat. On one occasion. when
asked out to dinner his host, who was
rather skeptical as to the reality of this
feeling, concealed ii eat in an ottoman in
the dining room. Dinner was announced
and commenced, but his guest was cNi-
IDENTITY iii at ease, and at length declared
his inability to go ON eating. as he WAS
sure there was a cat in the room An
apparently thorough but unavailing
search was made. but his visitor was 50
completely upset that the host. with
many apologies for his experiment. ''let
the cat ont of the bag and out of the
ottoman at the same time. Lord Lander
dale, on the other hand. declared that the
mewing of a cat was to him swecter than
any music. while he had the greatest dis
like to the lutte and the bagIpe. In this
latter aversion he was by no means sing
ular.
Dogs. too, have come in for their share
of dislike. DE Musset cordially detested
them. When "A candidate for the aCad-
envy he called upon prominent member
At the gate of the chateau u dirty. ugly
dog received him most aifcctionatelv and
insisted on preceding him into the draw
ing room De Musset cursing his friends
prediction for the brute The academic
clan entered and they adjourned to the
dining ROOM the dog at their heels
Selling his opportunity the dog plac, Il
his muddy paws upon the spotles> cloih
and carried off bonnie houchc. The
wretch wants Shooting was DE Mtl>s,t
muttered thought hut he politely SAID:
"You are fond Of dogs, | SECT
Fond of dogs: retorted the academic
clan: Il hate them
But this animal here" qucried De
Nusset; II have only tolerated it because
| thought it was yours, sir.
"Mne!' exclaimed the poet the
thought that it was yours alone kept me
from killing himl'' 49, CaSsel's Family
Magazine.